NW Ireland & Lakelands
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County Donegal

Glashedy

Glashedy Island is an uninhabited island approximately 1 mile off Pollan strand, 2 miles west of Trawbreaga Bay, and about 4 miles south of , , .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Glashedy Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carrickabraghy Castle and Ballyliffin Golf Club.

Castle
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
on a rocky outcrop at the north-western extremity of the , at the head of Pollan Bay, in the north of , a peninsula on the north coast of , Ireland.

Building
is a golf club located in , County Donegal, Ireland. is situated 3½ km southeast of Glashedy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyliffin and Malin Head.

Village
Photo: leppre, CC BY 2.0.
Carndonagh is a market town on the Inishowen Peninsula in . With a population of less than 2800 in 2022, it's the largest settlement in the north of the peninsula, which ends at Malin Head the most northerly point on the Irish mainland. is situated 4½ km south of Glashedy.

Locality
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is the most northerly point of mainland , located in the townland of Ardmalin on the peninsula in . The head's northernmost point is called Dunalderagh at latitude 55.38ºN. is situated 6 km north of Glashedy.

Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in north-west , in , Ireland. The Urris valley to the west of village was the last outpost of the Irish language in Inishowen. is situated 6 km south of Glashedy.

Glashedy

Latitude
55.31899° or 55° 19′ 8″ north
Longitude
-7.39873° or 7° 23′ 55″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
9C7J8J92+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4558730
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2964105
Wiki­data ID
Q3378241
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Glashedy” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Glaiséidí”
  • Cebuano: “Glashedy Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glashedy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Seale Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glashedy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Seale Island”
  • Norwegian: “Glashedy”
  • Swedish: “Glashedy Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lagacurry and Mullagh.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Binnion and Five Finger Strand.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Glashedy”. Photo: Lynchboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.